NAM.1965-04-53-1

Travelling trunk, 1813 (c); wood covered in brown leather on the outside and inside with black leather; the lid is hinged and lined with white canvas; with two lockable compartments; edged with brass strips and fitted with brass locks and handles; a brass plate on the front bears the maker’s name and the royal coat of arms, Hanoverian, and one on the lid bears the owner’s name, Maj Gen Sir William Inglis; labels inside each compartment bear the maker’s name and details of the patent of the trunk ‘T. Hadford, Patentee of of the new invented Light Water Proof Leather Travelling Trunk.’; trunk stands on four white ceramic legs which were probably added later to make a domestic work box; Inglis became a Major General in 1813.

Peninsular War (1808-1814)